Me too! I really wish the upper waiting hall was open, or at least more accessible to the public. I think so many people consider Union Station as just the tracks and platforms, but the station building adds a whole other element to the experience.
@@LonestarTrips It is a beautiful ballroom upstairs, but the entire Union Station was renovated by the Hyatt Regency Hotel who book the ballroom for weddings, anniversaries, conventions, etc. DART funded the redevelopment of the platforms and the city funded the redevelopment of the former downstairs baggage claim and parcel package areas into the present waiting room. While the present waiting room isn't gorgeous, it is a nice waiting room serving Dallas passengers riding Amtrak well. Eddie Bernice Johnson was a former city council person and a US Congress person... During the heydays of the railroads before Amtrak, the platforms were accessed by a sky bridge from the upstairs ballroom similar in manner as Harrisburg, PA....
Great Video - i would say i would have liked to see all your nerd info at the end made small enough to see it all. I know some wouldn't be able to read it but all that information would be cool to see all at once. Very impressive!!
Coach 1053 on this train here was actually built by Hawker Siddeley, and is actually a primordial ancestor of the Bombardier Bi-Level, built to different standards long before Bombardier bought out the coach design. 1053 was originally built for GO Transit in 1978, and later sold to TRE in 1997.
Thanks for the insight! I was under the impression that they ran exclusively Bombardier Bi-Levels, but it's cool to know that they have an ancestor in the fleet too!
I love your content and don’t want to be a critic, but I just want to inform you that the line at Dallas is the UP Dallas subdivision. BNSF doesn’t even have trackage rights. But they occasionally rent track
Nice video. Is this ridership comparable to other commuter rail service? Be interested to see the one on Texrail. Although they seriously need to get a real horn and get rid of the 101 door warnings.
The ridership is comparable to other commuter rail services in Texas, but hardly in the rest of the US. It's mainly because the service frequency combined with the lack of external connections makes it difficult for the TRE to compete with systems in say Chicago or LA. As far as a video on TexRail, that is coming at some point in the future. I have all of the footage ready, it's just a question of when I want to have it go out.
@@LonestarTrips Its my opinion the largest crime with Amtrak today is the LACK of a daily service from Dallas to Houston. Surely two of the top ten metros in the USA... Texas deserves much more services from Amtrak...
@@LonestarTrips Unfortunately the best Houston station is presently the Astros offices... I doubt whether Houston will build a larger station for Amtrak unless Amtrak steps up services to Houston significantly... Three trains per week in each direction isn't daily in each direction as in Dallas...
These look just like Go trains in Ontario. The seating is so much better than on Go. With Go, the seats are designed in four inward facing sections that are impossible to seat four people comfortably. This way is much better.
I am going to get off of You tube for a few hours Carol Burnette is 90 years old N B C is having a two hour special tonite I love her I grew up with her show
For you railroad buffs if you want a TRE Train they do make them in HO Scale and Nscale I have HO Scale I purchased it from Hobbytown in Rockwall Tx in like 2006 I am here in the Dallas Texas area Because Hurricane Katrina put me here We no longer had a house One day you have riches the very next day you have just whats on your back But one good thing I now can read the book of job I can feel just like he did or must have felt
In your travels if you notice a railroad station that is enjoying a second life Be cause so many of them are just plain isores today My hat is off to man who drove pass the old rairoad station in Greenfield It has not been used in many a year This man decided he wold spend his own money and fix up the railroad station We do have trains going pass it now
Sadly the Burlington station in Wichita Falls was demolished as was the MKT(Katy) station in Waco and in San Antonio. However the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific stations in San Antonio have been renovated, although not being used by Amtrak. The Southern Pacific station in El Paso has also been renovated, it is a charmer... Amtrak is making do with a more modern modest station in Houston, San Antonio, and Fort Worth...
We I was 17 years old you would not want to be traveling in the northeast 8 hours travel time would get you as far as Grand Central Trains out of Boston Did not travel to Penn Station until after the merger of New Haven railroad into Penn Central I was 17 years okd going to New York to watch the Macyss Thanksgiving day Parade
Well in the morning we are going to go down to College Station Texas We are going to the George H W Bush Library and museum The nasty weather that has been around Dallas Texas is clearing out
After our late President George HW Bush 4141 funeral down in Colledge Station The Union Pacific 4014 took the Geoge HW Bush to Palestine Texas At Palestine Geoge HW Bush 4141 was unhooked It went on another train going more direct up to Little Rock for safe keep ing I have a O scale George HW Bush Lionel trains brought it back out shortly after George HW Bushes funeral
This is great but I think they need to do much better than an average of 34 miles per hour. Get an electrified high speed line between the cities running at 217 mph (350 km/h) like they have in China.
The Dallas Fort Worth metroplex is one large urban area. The TRE does get up to a speed of 60 mph in stretches, but with so many stations on this commuter route of 30+ miles, the train doesn't have the opportunity to even top 80 mph, much less 200 mph... Don't confuse commuter rail with inter city HIGH SPEED RAIL...
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I just rode this, it was quite a nice ride. Exceeded my expectations.
Thanks for posting this. We love the TRE and TexRail. We use both services often to get to DFW Airport or downtown Dallas.
I’m glad you enjoyed both videos!
Thanks for this informative video. It is nice to see there is a good commuter rail service between two of Texas largest cities.
Very cool station building. I wish they kept up with it more!
Me too! I really wish the upper waiting hall was open, or at least more accessible to the public. I think so many people consider Union Station as just the tracks and platforms, but the station building adds a whole other element to the experience.
@@LonestarTrips It is a beautiful ballroom upstairs, but the entire Union Station was renovated by the Hyatt Regency Hotel who book the ballroom for weddings, anniversaries, conventions, etc. DART funded the redevelopment of the platforms and the city funded the redevelopment of the former downstairs baggage claim and parcel package areas into the present waiting room. While the present waiting room isn't gorgeous, it is a nice waiting room serving Dallas passengers riding Amtrak well. Eddie Bernice Johnson was a former city council person and a US Congress person... During the heydays of the railroads before Amtrak, the platforms were accessed by a sky bridge from the upstairs ballroom similar in manner as Harrisburg, PA....
Very informative answers alot of question I had about riding.
I am watching this from Europe
That’s crazy man. If you ever visit DFW go to stockyards in Fort Worth they have rodeos, pretty women, and public drinking 😂👌🏽🔥
Great Video - i would say i would have liked to see all your nerd info at the end made small enough to see it all. I know some wouldn't be able to read it but all that information would be cool to see all at once. Very impressive!!
Coach 1053 on this train here was actually built by Hawker Siddeley, and is actually a primordial ancestor of the Bombardier Bi-Level, built to different standards long before Bombardier bought out the coach design. 1053 was originally built for GO Transit in 1978, and later sold to TRE in 1997.
Thanks for the insight! I was under the impression that they ran exclusively Bombardier Bi-Levels, but it's cool to know that they have an ancestor in the fleet too!
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I love your content and don’t want to be a critic, but I just want to inform you that the line at Dallas is the UP Dallas subdivision. BNSF doesn’t even have trackage rights. But they occasionally rent track
Interesting,
don't you all enjoy railroad
trams, trains etc are just so cool
take a ride in my ''transportation'' folder, (folder 2 in playlists) :)
Nice video. Is this ridership comparable to other commuter rail service?
Be interested to see the one on Texrail. Although they seriously need to get a real horn and get rid of the 101 door warnings.
The ridership is comparable to other commuter rail services in Texas, but hardly in the rest of the US. It's mainly because the service frequency combined with the lack of external connections makes it difficult for the TRE to compete with systems in say Chicago or LA.
As far as a video on TexRail, that is coming at some point in the future. I have all of the footage ready, it's just a question of when I want to have it go out.
@@LonestarTrips Its my opinion the largest crime with Amtrak today is the LACK of a daily service from Dallas to Houston. Surely two of the top ten metros in the USA... Texas deserves much more services from Amtrak...
Well at least Dallas has a real station!!! Have you seen the station in Houston 😂
I have! It's not good. 🤣
@@LonestarTrips Unfortunately the best Houston station is presently the Astros offices... I doubt whether Houston will build a larger station for Amtrak unless Amtrak steps up services to Houston significantly... Three trains per week in each direction isn't daily in each direction as in Dallas...
How do you buy tickets for this?
Does this train service share tracks with other railroads or are they the only one on this corridor?
They share
These look just like Go trains in Ontario. The seating is so much better than on Go. With Go, the seats are designed in four inward facing sections that are impossible to seat four people comfortably. This way is much better.
Some were brought used from GO Transit, and others were bought new from Bombardier...
The first car is an actual ex-GO Train. Bought from Toronto in the 90s. The second car he enters was a original Dallas car.
Did it look difficult to traverse from a Dart train over to the Amtrak or TRE?
Nope! It’s super easy. Just keep an eye out for approaching trains and you’ll be fine.
Thank you so much! Taking my son on tomorrow! 😊
@@bwhempy of course! Safe travels and enjoy the ride!
I am going to get off of You tube for a few hours Carol Burnette is 90 years old N B C is having a two hour special tonite I love her I grew up with her show
For you railroad buffs if you want a TRE Train they do make them in HO Scale and Nscale I have HO Scale I purchased it from Hobbytown in Rockwall Tx in like 2006 I am here in the Dallas Texas area Because Hurricane Katrina put me here We no longer had a house One day you have riches the very next day you have just whats on your back But one good thing I now can read the book of job I can feel just like he did or must have felt
The Bombardier bi level commuter coaches and cabs are available, but you will have to hunt for the TRE livery....
They should get stadler trains
i am do to go to my eye Dr for surgery to get rid of caterats bUT that needs to be done So I maybe out of comission for a while
that is not the bnsf track that is the union pacific
The tracks serving Dallas' Union Station belongs to the city of Dallas. Presently Union Pacific and BNSF use the outer thorough tracks.
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In your travels if you notice a railroad station that is enjoying a second life Be cause so many of them are just plain isores today My hat is off to man who drove pass the old rairoad station in Greenfield It has not been used in many a year This man decided he wold spend his own money and fix up the railroad station We do have trains going pass it now
Sadly the Burlington station in Wichita Falls was demolished as was the MKT(Katy) station in Waco and in San Antonio. However the Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific stations in San Antonio have been renovated, although not being used by Amtrak. The Southern Pacific station in El Paso has also been renovated, it is a charmer... Amtrak is making do with a more modern modest station in Houston, San Antonio, and Fort Worth...
We I was 17 years old you would not want to be traveling in the northeast 8 hours travel time would get you as far as Grand Central Trains out of Boston Did not travel to Penn Station until after the merger of New Haven railroad into Penn Central I was 17 years okd going to New York to watch the Macyss Thanksgiving day Parade
Well in the morning we are going to go down to College Station Texas We are going to the George H W Bush Library and museum The nasty weather that has been around Dallas Texas is clearing out
I wish it was a fraction as nice as the public transit in Europe, one of the richest states in the richest country
After our late President George HW Bush 4141 funeral down in Colledge Station The Union Pacific 4014 took the Geoge HW Bush to Palestine Texas At Palestine Geoge HW Bush 4141 was unhooked It went on another train going more direct up to Little Rock for safe keep ing I have a O scale George HW Bush Lionel trains brought it back out shortly after George HW Bushes funeral
This is great but I think they need to do much better than an average of 34 miles per hour. Get an electrified high speed line between the cities running at 217 mph (350 km/h) like they have in China.
The Dallas Fort Worth metroplex is one large urban area. The TRE does get up to a speed of 60 mph in stretches, but with so many stations on this commuter route of 30+ miles, the train doesn't have the opportunity to even top 80 mph, much less 200 mph... Don't confuse commuter rail with inter city HIGH SPEED RAIL...